Comments | karaokegal: "Plenty Implied" White Collar drabble Rating-PG13 Neal/Sara

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"Plenty Implied" White Collar drabble Rating-PG13 Neal/Sara

Dec 02, 2011 20:34

Title: Plenty Implied
Fandom: White Collar
Pairing: Neal/Sara
Rating: PG13-PLEASE READ WARNINGS!
Wordcount: 100
Warnings: Possible triggering for implied date-rate or dub-con.
Notes: Drabble-a-Day 2011. Day 336. Prompt from whitecollar100. Challenge #74-Cold. Inspired by on-line discussions of the lyrics to Baby, It's Cold Outside by Frank ( Read more... )

het, neal/sara, white collar, drabble-a-day 2011, fanfic, drabble, whitecollar100

Comments 6

damigella_314 December 3 2011, 06:13:11 UTC

What a great use of the prompt. And yes, viewed that the way the song is really creepy.

karaokegal December 3 2011, 07:42:18 UTC

Thanks! I think it's a generational thing. I was honestly surprised to see the on-line discussions, but once you've seen that point of view, it's hard to hear the song quite as innocently.

ladygray99 December 3 2011, 06:34:05 UTC

Oops. Some pretty dark things about Sara implied here. I also feel bad for Neal. It's something really hard to backpedal from.

karaokegal December 3 2011, 07:40:34 UTC

The drabble definitely got away from me. I honestly hadn't meant to imply that this had actually happened. All I can say is this why another pair of eyes is really helpful, because otherwise I wouldn't have known that I needed to put up warnings.

photoash December 5 2011, 19:59:06 UTC

OMG!!! I just had this exact discussion this past weekend with my cousin about how that's such a rape song and horrible when you listen to the words?!?!?! She says "what's in this drink" and he's pressuring her horribly!!

I mean I know it was written by a husband, for him and his wife to sing and it's all 'cute' but UGH O_O I can't like this song anymore...

karaokegal December 5 2011, 20:06:16 UTC

I ran the idea by several people at the Mint yesterday and got various responses, although at least two people (gay men, for the record) were willing to admit it does come across as creepy, at least with our modern eyes and ears.

I honestly didn't mean for the fic to imply that Sara had ever been date-raped, just that she's more likely to get uptight about this stuff and that Neal really misjudges her.

It's one of those times when it's good to have a beta, because hllangel was all over me about how it actually read and that I needed to warn for triggers on it.